A Breakthrough Microbial Enzyme Offers New Hope for Plastic Waste Breakdown According to НВ — Техно: Researchers from Germany have discovered a remarkable microbial enzyme capable of degrading plastic, signaling promising advances in the natural recycling of plastic waste. This finding, made by scientists at the University of Konstanz, could represent a vital step forward …
Researchers from Imperial College London have announced the creation of what they claim is the first fully biodegradable party balloon. The developers believe the new technology will help reduce the amount of waste that ends up in the environment after mass events and that poses a particular threat to marine animals. The new product is …
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UK, US, Japan and Denmark test eco-friendly renewable energy storage systems using liquid air, molten salt and sweat-powered wearables From smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles and energy storage systems (ESS), a wide range of technologies are being tested around the world as alternatives for storing energy in place of lithium-ion batteries. The strategy is …
Frozen air and human sweat emerge as unexpected alternatives to lithium-ion batteries Read More »
On hot days, the classrooms at James Otis Elementary in East Boston could climb into the high 80s. Even popsicles handed out to keep students cool didn’t help, melting instantly. The brick building is 121 years old. “ It was never designed to meet the needs of climate changes of today,” Principal Paula Cerqueira-Goncalves said. Boston …
Climate-friendly improvements bring air conditioning to hot Boston classrooms Read More »
Imagine a device using an energy source the size of planet Earth, and offering nearly limitless electricity with no ecologically devastating mining required to get it. Science fiction? A lie from Big Battery? A fentanyl fantasy from the Energizer Bunny? No – it’s real, and it’s the ocean. The device – a silicon semiconductor – operates …
Nanogenerator harvests electricity from evaporating seawater Read More »
